HMS Khartoum (F45)
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HMS Khartoum was a K-class destroyer of the Royal Navy, named after the capital of Sudan, Khartoum.
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United Kingdom | |
Name | HMS Khartoum |
Ordered | March 1937 |
Builder | Swan Hunter, Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom |
Laid down | 27 October 1937 |
Launched | 6 February 1939 |
Commissioned | November 1939 |
In service | 6 November 1939 |
Out of service | February–April 1940 |
Identification | pennant number: F45/G45 |
Fate | Partially sank in harbor of Red Sea island, Perim, after an exploding torpedo air vessel set off a fire which reached the aft magazine. 23 June 1940 |
Notes | Badge: On a Field barry wavy of Blue and White a camel, Gold. |
General characteristics (as built) | |
Class and type | K-class destroyer |
Displacement | |
Length | 356 ft 6 in (108.66 m) o/a |
Beam | 35 ft 9 in (10.90 m) |
Draught | 12 ft 6 in (3.81 m) (deep) |
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Propulsion | 2 × shafts; 2 × geared steam turbines |
Speed | 36 knots (67 km/h; 41 mph) |
Range | 5,500 nmi (10,200 km; 6,300 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
Complement | 183 (218 for flotilla leaders) |
Sensors and processing systems | ASDIC |
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